French Immersion

We started our day at the Louvre and immediately went to see the Mona Lisa. It is smaller than we thought but still impressive. Next was the Venus de Milo. We also viewed the collections of Monet and Van Gogh. Then we began our double-decker open top bus tour. The bus took us all over Paris and one of our stops was the Arc de Triomphe. This thing is huge. It’s also quite tall, I know this because we climbed 258 stairs to reach the top. We had an amazing view of all of Paris. We also met up with a couple from Lafayette while up there…..WEIRD. I knew the guy, Todd, from business classes at ULL and Brad knew the girl, Jeanne, through an old friend.

Next, was our visit to the Eiffel Tower. WOW!!!!! No words or picture will do it justice. We also went to the top of the Eiffel Tower and had a panoramic view of all of Paris. It was beautiful and we had to pinch ourselves to make sure we were not dreaming.

Now, this is where I day got really interesting. At 6:30 pm we began our guided Seaway Night Tour. It was so much fun. We cruised around Paris on Segways and got to see everything up close and lit. We were a little nervous to start this tour but after minutes on the Segways, we were comfortable and on our way.

There is nothing like Paris at night. It is an incredible sight and we hope you enjoy our pictures (and no, these are not photoshopped!!).

Shasta